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vanity doe action
Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions? Denis Diderot
vanity desire given
I have not the hope of being immortal, because the desire of it has not given me that vanity.
vanity giving idlers
Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile. Alexander Smith
vanity glasses shining
Shine out fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass. William Shakespeare
vanity funeral world
Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better be concealed; namely, that their vanity has survived themselves. Charles Caleb Colton
vanity use care
Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities. Charles Simmons
vanity variation lord
The Lord who cannot endure vain repetitions is equally weary of vain variations. Charles Spurgeon
vanity sin favourite
Vanity is my favourite sin. Al Pacino
vanity sin my-favorite
Vanity: my favorite sin.
progressive-taxation rich economics
It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion. Adam Smith
progressive-taxation government support
The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.
progressive-taxation people body
For a very small expence the public can facilitate, can encourage, and can even impose upon almost the whole body of the people, the necessity of acquiring those most essential parts of education.
progressive-taxation pay imagine
The liberals who demanded equality of taxation on behalf of the poor, for instance, did not imagine that they would obtain progressive taxation to the disadvantage of the well-off, and that they would end up with an arrangement in which taxes are voted by those who do not pay them. Vilfredo Pareto
luxury realized spread
No one realized back then that it was a luxury to be able to spread it. Rick Bishop
luxury poverty expensive
Poverty is an expensive luxury. We cannot afford it. Eleanor Roosevelt
luxury people simplicity
How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity - in short: what mathematicians call elegance - are not a dispensable luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure? Edsger Dijkstra
luxury long tourists
In the long term, there are many factors that will help the luxury market, the creation of new wealth and the Asian tourist boom
luxury innovation appearance
Every innovation makes its appearance as a 'luxury' of the few well-to-do. After industry has become aware of it, the luxury then becomes a 'necessity' for all. Ludwig von Mises
luxury giving idlers
Most of us have no sympathy with the rich idler who spends his life in pleasure without ever doing any work. But even he fulfills a function in the life of the social organism. He sets an example of luxury that awakens in the multitude a consciousness of new needs and gives industry the incentive to fulfill them.
luxury regulate season shipping waiting
We don't have the luxury of waiting one more shipping season to regulate these (overseas) vessels.
luxury time
We don't have the luxury of time anymore.
luxury matter world
Luxury will be always around, no matter what happens in the world. Carolina Herrera